NFL Picks & Parlays: Best Wild Card Playoff Bets & Betting Predictions

NFL Wild Card Weekend concludes tonight Monday, Jan. 17, which is a perfect opportunity to use Awesemo OddsShopper to build the best NFL parlays before the next round. OddsShopper can help place the best wagers in an easy-to-use fashion to maximize your ROI. It simplifies betting made simple since you can find the best bet in 30 seconds or less. Take these picks and then head to OddsShopper and find your best odds.

Best NFL Picks & Parlays: Wild Card Monday Betting

The first step is to go over to OddsShopper and filter the game lines and then filter the game being played tonight: Los Angeles vs. Arizona. You can choose the state you are in and then sort by either the highest expected ROI or the highest expected win rate. For a parlay, focus more on the win rate; if the odds are a little juiced up, the parlay will help with that. The sites that currently have the best odds for game lines referenced are DraftKings and FanDuel. This column will highlight each bet and at the bottom will compare the parlay odds between the sportsbooks covered in OddsShopper.

Cardinals Point Spread: +4 Points

OddsShopper has an expected point spread of 2.5 points. Most sportsbooks are offering 3.5 points, but Sugarhouse is offering 4 points. These are division opponents, and they split the season series. The first time they played Arizona won by 17, and the second time Los Angeles won by 7. In their third time playing, expect a tighter game. This bet has an expected win rate of 59%, the best odds of a game line bet tonight.

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Rams vs. Cardinals Point Total: Over 49.5 Points

OddsShopper has an expected point total of 49.8 points, and some books are offering 50 points. These teams scored 57 and 53 points in the two games they played. The expected win rate of over 49.5 points is 51%. If taking the 50 points, it would be slightly below 50%, around 48-49%.

Rams Moneyline

OddsShopper gives the Rams a 51% chance of winning the game. Most of the sportsbooks are giving -180 to -190, which is between 64.3% and 65.5%. From an expected ROI standpoint, this is one of the worst bets of the night. From an expected win percentage standpoint, it is one of the better ones.

Cardinals Moneyline

The Cardinals moneyline is one of the best bets. OddsShopper gives them a 49% chance of winning the game, and the sportsbooks are offering between +150 (40%) and +160 (38.5%). This is the best game line bet from an ROI perspective and one worth betting standalone or part of a parlay.

Parlay Combinations

Bettors can really only parlay moneylines and point totals or point spreads and point totals. Here are the best combinations from an odds perspective. Pretty much every sportsbook is offering +3.5 at -110 odds for Arizona and between +150 and +160 for the Arizona moneyline. Most sportsbooks are offering the point total at 50, and it is going to have to be a close call as to whether to go under the 50 since the expected is 49.8, or over the 50 because 49.8 rounds up to 50 and these teams have gone over 50 twice.

1) Arizona Cardinals +3.5 and Over 49.5 Points (+267, FanDuel Sportsbook)

2) Arizona Cardinals Moneyline +160 and Over 49.5 Points (+396, BetMGM Sportsbook)

3) Rams Moneyline and Over 49.5 Points (+196, FanDuel Sportsbook)

4) Rams Moneyline and Over/Under 50 Points (+191, DraftKings Sportsbook)

Odds can change after this is published, so be sure to check with OddsShopper for the best odds at any given time.

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